Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 6 October 2020Answered: 12 October 2020

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Chris Ward)

The Government are committed to delivering the largest wave of insourcing in a generation. As part of that, we have consulted on plans to introduce a public interest test before any further services are outsourced and we will publish the results soon. Let me be clear: this Government will end the decade-long drive to outsource our public services and we will do so to deliver better value for money for taxpayers and better services.